社会比较研究的现状与发展趋势

A Review on Research of Social Comparison

社会比较是人类普遍存在的一种社会现象,在西方关于社会比较的研究已经成为心理学界的一个重要课题。该文从社会比较的概念、类型、动机和策略等几个方面,回顾了国外近50年来研究者关于社会比较的研究脉络;最后,在回顾近几年研究的基础上对社会比较的未来研究趋势进行了展望。

Social comparison is a common social psychological phenomenon for human being. In western, the studies on social comparison are becoming an important domain for psychologists especially for social psychologists. The article mainly reviewed the studies of social comparison from Festinger in 1954, including the concept、types、motivations and strategies of social comparison. In the end, the author puts forward some perspectives for further studies on social comparison in the future.